Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (7): 1207-1215.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62853-5

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Synthesis of zeolite Beta containing ultra-small CoO particles for ethylbenzene oxidation

Guanqun Zhanga,d, Donge Wanga, Pei Fengb,d, Song Shic, Congxin Wanga, Anda Zhenga,d, Guang Lüa,d, Zhijian Tiana   

  1. a Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    b State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    c State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
    d University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Online:2017-07-18 Published:2017-06-27
  • Contact: 10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62853-5
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    This work is supported by Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA07020300).

Abstract:

Zeolite Beta containing ultra-small CoO particles was synthesized from a one-step hydrothermal process. The synthesis route involves the pre-mixture of hydrofluoric acid with tetraethylammo-nium hydroxide (in a molar ratio of 1.3-1.5:1) before the addition of a silicon and cobalt source. Investigations by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray pho-toelectron spectroscopy, H2-temperature-programmed reduction and transmission electron mi-croscopy confirm the presence of ultra-small CoO particles in the zeolite Beta structure. The ul-tra-small CoO particles in zeolite Beta present high stability against both oxidation and reduction atmospheres at high temperatures. The catalytic performance of the CoO-containing zeolite Beta catalysts was compared with other Co-containing zeolites by evaluating ethylbenzene oxidation reactivity. The CoO-containing zeolite Beta exhibits high ethylbenzene conversion and high selectiv-ity to acetophenone and 1-phenylethanol. The high activity of this catalyst system can be attributed to the high dispersion of the ultra-small CoO particles in the Beta structure.

Key words: Beta zeolite, Cobalt monoxide, Ultra-small CoO particle, Ethylbenzene oxidation